Synopses & Reviews
The critics agree that The Internet Navigator
TM is the best book on the Internet
"Paul Gilster's The Internet Navigator is the new champ." —Internet World
"The best tutorial I've seen yet on the Internet . . . Gilster has done millions of newcomers a great service" —Knight-Ridder News
"If there's only one book on the Internet that you can afford on your shelf, this is your best choice. . . ." —Library Journal
"Columbus could have used a navigator like this. A real find." —Ziffnet/Computer Life
"Everything nontechies need to know." —U.S. News & World Report
". . . one of the best places for new Internet users to start. . ." —PC Computing
Totally revised and expanded to include:
- The World Wide Web—including Web browsers such as Netscape and Mosaic.
- The new generation of Internet tools.
- Internet access through Prodigy, CompuServe, and America Online.
- Practical examples of how to perform searches
- How the Internet works and its underlying technologies, including TCP/IP
- Everything you need to know to access the Internet from anywhere in the world
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 717-724) and index.
About the Author
PAUL GILSTER is the world's premier author on the Internet and related topics. His other bestselling Wiley titles include Finding It on the Internet, The Mosaic Navigator, and The SLIP/PPP Connection. In addition to being President of the Internet Association of the Carolinas, he is the regular Internet columnist for Connect magazine, a frequent contributor to CompuServe magazine, and the author of "Computer Focus," a syndicated column on computers and business.
Table of Contents
A Wild Surmise.
The Internet Defined.
Signing on to the Internet.
Introduction to Unix.
FTP: Files by the Gigabyte.
Telnet Shrinks the World.
A World of Electronic Mail.
Electronic Mail as a Gateway to the Internet.
The Art of the List.
Electronic Magazines, Newspapers, and Project Gutenberg.
USENET: Keeping Up with the News.
Gopher: Information by Menu.
WAIS: Tracking Down Information.
The World Wide Web.
An Internet Toolbox.
A Directory of Internet Resources.
The Future of the Internet.
Appendix.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.